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Return To Travel Project Phase 2: Five Days of Freediving Mag Bay by Puerto San Carlos

Return To Travel Project Phase 2: Five Days of Freediving Mag Bay by Puerto San Carlos

by Calvin Sun | Nov 8, 2020 | Mexico, November 2020: Baja California Sur

Unforgettable photos like these above were taken by my travel buddy on the trip Pier Nirandara.   On the shores of Magdalena Bay in the Pacific Ocean — far from the reaches of COVID-19 — there lies an isolated and remote fishing village called Puerto San...
Return To Travel Project Phase 2 (COVID-19): First Flight To Baja California Sur

Return To Travel Project Phase 2 (COVID-19): First Flight To Baja California Sur

by Calvin Sun | Nov 1, 2020 | Mexico, November 2020: Baja California Sur

TLDR; Weigh the opportunity cost of travel (as a frontline healthcare worker I may burn out/can’t take care of anyone safely if I don’t recharge appropriately…and I have taken practice steps with small domestic trips before leaping on a trip abroad) ...
A Moment Of Pause In Cancun

A Moment Of Pause In Cancun

by Calvin Sun | Apr 24, 2014 | Mexico, Spring 2014: Pirates of the Caribbean

I never seen water as blue as Cancun’s.   Edmund (left) and Sam (bottom), fellow monsooners meeting for the first time today in Cancún before we begin our trip tomorrow   Hanging out at Oasis Sens, and just relaxing before I begin another adventure tomorrow....
THE CLINIC IS OPEN

THE CLINIC IS OPEN

by Calvin Sun | Jan 17, 2011 | Community Service, December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Mexico, One Small House

  As of 12:00pm EST, Monday January 17th, the community free clinic we were building in Tijuana, Mexico has opened:   Clinic Hallway Inside the clinic - the community waiting room Pharmacy room with medications donated by Mickey Heller and his family...All medication...
When It’s Over…

When It’s Over…

by Calvin Sun | Jan 4, 2011 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Epiphanies on the Road, Mexico, Post-travel Reflections

3 months of fundraising and 4 days of construction later…   I don’t believe any of us fully grasped the impact of what we were doing until we had left. And even now, in the nascent days of our Tijuana-withdrawal, I myself still haven’t fully...
Goodbye Mexico!

Goodbye Mexico!

by Calvin Sun | Dec 31, 2010 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, Fit for Foodies, Mexico, One Small House

  It’s a final goodbye to Mexico! Crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S.; yes they check for your passports to let you through. Very straightforward, but the traffic took 2 hours! We crossed the border last night to meet up with one of our med school...
Photo Shoot On The Roof

Photo Shoot On The Roof

by Calvin Sun | Dec 30, 2010 | December 2010: A Clinic in Mexico, How's the weather?, Mexico, One Small House

  As the roof came together, I couldn’t help myself to run up there and ask if anyone wanted a new profile picture for their facebooks. After all, it’s not very often we get to sit on top of a roof on a newly constructed clinic.   Andrei Patty & Nilam...
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